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  • Leoncavallo

    Life and Works

    de Konrad Dryden ...
    Leoncavallo: Life and Works is the first fully documented biography of the beloved and popular composer Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), whose credits include Pagliacci and the operatic works Chatterton, Der Roland von Berlin, Zazà, Maïa, Zingari, La bohème, and the incomplete trilogy Crepusculum. Author Konrad Dryden has amassed material from hundreds of unpublished letters and photographs, ... Leer más

    $80.99 USD

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  • Beethoven

    de George Alexander Fischer ...
    Chronicling the landmark events in Beethoven's life, this book enhances understanding of the composer's character, inspiring a deeper appreciation for his work.George Alexander Fischer illuminates the composer’s difficult childhood, his struggle to maintain friendships and romances, his ungovernable temper, his obsessive efforts to control his nephew’s life, and the excruciating decline of his ... Leer más

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  • The Gilded Stage

    A Social History of Opera

    de Daniel Snowman ...
    Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influential art-form: operaFrom its beginnings in the Renaissance cities of northern Italy opera has permeated through Europe, America, and beyond, becoming a global business in the digital age. This history unwraps the story of opera from the charm and chaos ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Mozart's Marriage of Figaro

    A Short Guide to a Great Opera

    de Michael Steen ...
    Series series Great Operas
    Although the story of Figaro's success in preventing the Count of Almaviva's seduction of his fiancée Susanna was politically explosive, it was tolerated in the court of the relatively enlightened Habsburg Emperor Joseph II. Mozart's opera, Le Nozze di Figaro, uses a libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, and was premièred in Vienna in 1786. It was based on a famous play by the Frenchman Beaumarchais, a ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Ticket to the Opera

    Discovering and Exploring 100 Famous Works, History, Lore, and Singers, with Rec

    de Phil G. Goulding ...
    In Ticket to the Opera, Phil G. Goulding finally makes the magic and mystique of opera accessible to all. Here he offers a complete operatic education, including history, definitions of key musical terms, opera lore and gossip, portraits of famous singers and the roles they immortalized, as well as pithy introductions to the greatest operas of Europe and America and their composers. The book's ... Leer más

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  • Verdi

    de John Suchet ...
    Giuseppe Verdi remains the greatest operatic composer that Italy, the home of opera, has ever produced. Yet throughout his lifetime he claimed to detest composing and repeatedly rejected it. He was a landowner, a farmer, a politician and symbol of Italian independence; but his music tells a different story.An obsessive perfectionist, Verdi drove collaborators to despair but his works lauded from ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

  • NPR The Curious Listener's Guide to Opera

    de William Berger ...
    Major composers including Mozart, Wagner, Verdi, Puccini, and Strauss * Legendary singers from the great divas to the Three Tenors * What to look for and listen to at the opera * The history of opera and why it endures * Stylistic variations and basic theoretical underpinnings * Appreciating the art form * Biographies of the opera's greatest artists * A survey of classic operas ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD

  • The Classical Music Map of Britain

    de Richard Fawkes ...
    The Classical Music Map of Britain is a charming and thoroughly interesting journey around our country from a classical music perspective. From Frith Street in Soho, where Mozart stayed and performed free street concerts during his only trip to England, to Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan, where Joseph Parry was born and raised until he was 13, The Classical Music Map of Britain is an enchanting ... Leer más

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  • Rossini's La Cenerentola

    A Short Guide to a Great Opera

    de Michael Steen ...
    Series series Great Operas
    Rossini's La Cenerentola (or Cinderella) is one of the most popular comic operas in the classical repertoire – the timeless fairy tale about the triumph of virtue over snobbery. Its first performance at Rome's Teatro Valle in January 1817 – when the composer was not yet 25 – was the customary fiasco. More recently, audiences have laughed at Rossini's wit, gasped at the momentum of his crescendos ... Leer más

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  • The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers

    de George P. Upton ...
    George P. Upton offers summaries of the plots of numerous operas, highlighting key characters, events, and themes. Additionally, he provides insights into the music and composers, discussing their styles, influences, and contributions to the world of opera."The Standard Operas" was intended to serve as a valuable resource for opera enthusiasts, students, and anyone interested in learning more ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Introducing Wagner

    A Graphic Guide

    de Kevin Scott, Michael White ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    Wagner's operatic works rank with the supreme achievements of western culture. But acceptance of Wagner's musical genius is tempered by feelings of misgiving and many believe the composer's underlying ideas to be indefensible. A self-styled social revolutionary, Wagner thought the world could be redeemed through vegetarianism and Aryan philosophy.Introducing Wagner: A Graphic Guide separates the ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Wagner Compendium: A Guide To Wagner's Life and Music

    Edición de Barry Millington ...
    The unrivaled single-volume survey of Wagner's life and workEdited by one of the leading Wagner scholars of modern times, and with contributions from seventeen experts from around the world, The Wagner Compendium is the key to a complete understanding of the composer— the most comprehensive, informative and well-organized guide to his life and times.Features include:calendar of Wagner's life, ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD